Mailbag: Grove Community Forest Project

News and announcements from The Grove Community Forest Project:
Hello All,

The Grove Community Forest Trail needs a load of bark chips/mulch to finish preparing our plantings for the summer months. If anyone with a truck or trailer would be willing to get a load, please contact us via e-mail or phone 882-4011. The City Dump on Water St. is open Saturdays, 9:00-2:30 and Wednesdays 5:00-7:00. Chipped bark is available there. (We won't use this mulch around the sugar maples because of possible disease; however, it is safe to use it around the other trees and shrubs.) This Sunday afternoon, May 25, from 2:00 - 5:00 we will work behind the high school and the district office on Fair St. to water and mulch. Come for any portion of this time that works for you! Please bring a shovel and/or wheelbarrow if you can.

The Evansville Lions Club has teams of members scheduled to water the trees and shrubs along the berm to the east of the high school, and our donated watering tank is stored behind Theodore Robinson Intermediate School ready for use. The Cub Scouts have begun watering the plantings in the Veterans' Memorial area, but we'll need a few volunteers to help water other areas throughout the summer.

Today, the Theodore Robinson Intermediate School Science Club planted, mulched and watered! Much thanks to them and to their teachers for their hard work after school. Thank you, also, to The Evansville Fund for awarding us funding for maintenance tools and signage for this project. It is encouraging and gratifying as students, community members and organizations come together to support a common goal!

Hope to see you soon!
Phil and Nancy